When a childhood friend shows up again, it seems like Kordell has found the perfect man. But when Mario's memory is confused, and weird things begin to happen, is he still the perfect catch, or pure evil?

Conservative religious and political forces have forced a fundamentalist dictatorship onto the people of the United States. A racist and misogynistic administration is now in power. Because the wives of the ruling class are rarely fertile, a group of women are drafted to be 'handmaids,' surrogate mothers for the elite. One such handmaiden finds herself controlled and exploited at every turn.

In 1997, war and plague have reshaped the earth. The entire British populace is under constant surveillance by a fascist, corrupt government. Only a masked character known as V can save help the country learn to save itself.